Guys, I will be stuck in the office until about 5 on Friday. Considering traffic i is rojected to be south and daylight hours i think i have only a couple of choices. Montrose, Casino, and Wolf. Any other insights?

I agree that Wolf really is not a good location, but, sometimnes that is all you have. I too have had major sinus problems after a trip to wolf. You almost have to be prepared to deal with it afterword. Along with a long hot shower I use a inhailer called "Benzedrex" a nasal decongestant that works pretty good. I would recommend it. Well I guess I will see you there.

Wolf Lake (RHA), located in Cook County, is managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The lake was created during the 1920s by filling a quarry. It has a surface area of 419 acres and receives water from its 500 acre watershed and from groundwater infiltration. Input of water also comes from American Maize and Lever Brothers Company who draw and use Lake Michigan water for cooling water purposes and then discharge it into Wolf Lake. The overall resource quality of Wolf Lake is considered "good." Causes of pollution to the lake include nutrients, suspended solids, siltation, organic enrichment (low dissolved oxygen), and noxious aquatic plants. Primary sources of pollution include urban runoff, shoreline erosion, and contaminated sediments (sediment and/or phosphorus attached to sediment particles).

Safe_Cracker wrote:Wolf Lake (RHA), located in Cook County, is managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The lake was created during the 1920s by filling a quarry. It has a surface area of 419 acres and receives water from its 500 acre watershed and from groundwater infiltration. Input of water also comes from American Maize and Lever Brothers Company who draw and use Lake Michigan water for cooling water purposes and then discharge it into Wolf Lake. The overall resource quality of Wolf Lake is considered "good." Causes of pollution to the lake include nutrients, suspended solids, siltation, organic enrichment (low dissolved oxygen), and noxious aquatic plants. Primary sources of pollution include urban runoff, shoreline erosion, and contaminated sediments (sediment and/or phosphorus attached to sediment particles).

Safe_Cracker wrote:Wolf Lake (RHA), located in Cook County, is managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The lake was created during the 1920s by filling a quarry. It has a surface area of 419 acres and receives water from its 500 acre watershed and from groundwater infiltration. Input of water also comes from American Maize and Lever Brothers Company who draw and use Lake Michigan water for cooling water purposes and then discharge it into Wolf Lake. The overall resource quality of Wolf Lake is considered "good." Causes of pollution to the lake include nutrients, suspended solids, siltation, organic enrichment (low dissolved oxygen), and noxious aquatic plants. Primary sources of pollution include urban runoff, shoreline erosion, and contaminated sediments (sediment and/or phosphorus attached to sediment particles).

FYI
The water monitors that test Lake Michigan water for bacteria count on a regular basis (they're the ones that recommend beach closings when it gets too high) say that the place that consistently tests the cleanest from the north side of Chicago to the Michigan border is Miller Beach, at Wells Street beach (the east side of Miller). Amen.

OK, it is agreed, the water at wolf is not that desirable. FYI - The water samples at Montrose are taken daily. They are sent to a testing site and the results come in the next day. So, if you were in the water a day before Motrose closed then you were impacted by the sewage.